The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1887-01-18

NJ. P. Robinson; Captain, J. H. Wodehouse,
Jr.; Secretary and Treasurer, E. l Spalding;
Measurer, w. H. Baird; Executive Commit
tee: J. N. Dowsett, c. b. Wilson, J. G. Spen-
Ger. H NJ. Whitney Jr., and F. Brown. A
large attendance was present and considera-
bic business was transacted.
The editor of the Humboldt Standard. NJ.
VI. Vaughan, arrived by the Eva, on Satur-
day.
The time table at the Post Office sustained
a fall and severe damage during the elbow
Sunday evening.
The Queens Regulations" now in use in
the British army, have been officially adopted
by his Majesty.
The Postmaster states that 6 ,537 letters and
1874 packages of papers were dispatched by
the Mariposa, Saturday.
Sunday was both rainy and clustering. and
yesterday the wind continued at intervals,
with cool weather prevailing.
Chris Miller has published another maui
festo, in which he promises well. The GA
zETTE hopes he will live long enough to fulfill
them all.
The following gentlemen are in town: Ed.
Hoffman, Maui; A. G. Burchardt. Kohala:
Z. NJ. Oyerend. Honokaa. 4. Turton, Jr.,
Lahaina.
Mr.. Z. I. Booth, the successful lecturer on
temperance, arrived from the Colonies on the
Maripose, Saturday. Mr.. Booth will remain
here short time.
Z. Il. Austin, 1t Is rumored. took away
with him decoration Of the order of hala-
kaua which his Majesty was pleased to con
fer on him. How We apples 40 SWIM"
The three Princes. Miss Wodehouse.
Guy Nodehouse, n. ;. Grinbaum, F. II.
Austin and wife, Oscar White and Chung
Lung were passengers for San Francisco by
the Mariposa, which sailed Saturday night
Ii is said the Grand Duke meditates, in a
dreamy way, which may assume definite
shape in the near future, that European
tour is the correct thing. Perhaps he would
ike to be IN at the British jubilee next year
Mr.. Thomas Wall, the popular manager of
the Yosemite Skating Rink of this city, and
who has been spending short time in the
Colonies, returned by the Mariposa, looking
none the worse for his rough passage home.
The stewardess of the Mariposa sustained
serious injuries on that steamers last trip
up from the Colonies, during the prevalence
of the heavy blow" by being thrown down
the main companion from the social hall to
the dining saloon.
A new haole officer appeared on the streets
on Saturday, in uniform, and his breast
adorned with badge which on close in
spection showed that he belonged to the Sal
walton Army" No arrests yet.
The police duly executed a doc last Satur-
day. The brute had bitten child and being
known to be savage was lassoed and carried
of to the police station. 1t took the marks
man ~ five shots to put the animal out of
its pain.
The deer on the Hon. C. T. Bishops estate
on Molokai, have multiplied at q great rate,
and there Is a herd of at least thousand
among the upper gulches of the mountains.
( They are hard to get at however. AEyoung
4 buck, however, was shot last week, and for
warded to Honolulu. The meat was most
deliciously tender.
/ Sneak thieving is still in vogue, and is be-
! ing prosecuted with success. A Chinaman
| who yends eggs, set down his basket contain
! ing about three dollars worth of this class of
/ goods, and went in to have a " chat with a
/ countryman, and on his returning to take
up his line of march, was surprised to find
| his basket of eggs had disappeared and no
] u
| had made clever job and all he IisSded SHas
some bacon to have good time with his
! friends.
Last Wednesday, Mr.. J. L. Arundel, F. L.
! @. s.. delivered a very instructive and inter
esting lecture in the Bishop Hall of Science
/ Oahu College, on 1.-The Islands of the Pacific
I The gentleman has spent many years among
. large portion of these islands, giving him
ample opportunity to observe the peculiaritie;
of these people and note their characteristics
He noted more particularly the missionary
work now progressing in these new fields Of
labor. Besides the pupils large number Of
ladies and gentlemen were invited to be pres
eut, and it is needless to say that the speaker
was listened to with the greatest interest.
Saturday evening, the new company OF
hose boys connected with No. Engine Co.
were out for practice at the corner of Nuuanu
and kukui streets, and had made their con
nection all right, apparently. when the coup
ling with the hydrant gave out, the resul
being an elegant fountain, some twenty fee
in hight, causing the numerous spectators t
take a back seat on the instant. The boy
faced the music, and after a few minute
succeeded in turning the water off. Th
force OF the water was so great that some o
the boys were completely capsized, and nearly
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